Or at least it is between the months of August through to May. The rest of the time I may feel able to write about something other than a not especially successful football team.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

An awkward social moment

My team and I have 'history' with a certain referee called Phil Crossley. He was the official responsible for the massive injustice referred to here, and to others as recently as two weeks ago when he lost control of our match against Scunthorpe. The man is an incompetent idiot who 'obviously'* has it in for my team.

So there I was at London Bridge station with Reidksi when we are spotted by one of his mates. He comes over and for some reason it gets mentioned to him that I am a Cobblers season ticket holder. Well, as a conversation stopper it usually works. Anyway, this guy says "Oh, my best mate was up there the other week reffing.....

Phil Crossley."

I really did not know what to say.

He assures me he is "A Top Bloke".

He may well be ...but he is a fucking useless referee!

* Reidski says he hasn't, but that we all make mistakes sometimes. How reasonable is that - ARGGHH!!!

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Quite a few years back, I was staying in a large hotel during a week long job in Amsterdam. One evening in the bar I struck up conversation with the only other Englishman around. Three days passed where we share a dinner table and discuss many things of mutual interest. One evening whilst on the subject of British beer and brewing, I went into rant mode over a certain brand name of internationally renowned ale, venting my spleen with words like ‘cats’ and ‘urine’. I expressed an opinion that the MD was a ‘dozy twat’ who should get his act together and straighten the outfit out. My new friend howled with laughter which only served to fuel the flames of my discontent.

About six months later, while I was pouring over a certain Sunday glossy supplement, I was amazed to find a photo essay on the MD of that brewery. He looked incredibly familiar……..

I actually saw Phil Crossley on Sheffield station platform after he'd been reffing a Rotherham match. He was wearing a green lycra tracksuit with the legend "Tosser" on the back. He was in a passionate embrace with an assistant ref from Northampton called Julian. Do you know him? He used to be an air steward.

You forget that refs are in fact just people and may even be likeable but for that 90 minutes and a bit afterwards on Saturdays, when they make total fuck-ups you just want them dead. Ridiculously extreme when you think about it in a sane moment.

You know my line on refs - there are no good ones and there are no bad ones, there are just referees. It's a line which infuriated a fellow Celtic fan watching a title-deciding game against the huns, in which we got beat, so much that he asked if I wanted a glass in my face! Same guy that called me a "blue-nosed cunt" btw.

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Formerly known as Just Jane, but with a blog move carried out in haste I managed to end up with a blog nickname I hate..J bloody J. Oh well, too late to do anything about it now. Call me what you will. So apart from a stupid title I have three off spring, one very special bloke, lots of friends, a great family, a job I love and a rubbish football team who I love too. I also have a tendency to go on abit.....you have been warned.